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Hill was pipped to pole position for the Supercar A final by Pat Doran who set fastest times in the second and third heats with his Fiesta ST. Second fastest times in the first and third heats brought Hill on to the front row between Doran and third qualifier Ollie O'Donovan who was second fastest in the second heat and third fastest in the last qualifier. Fastest time in the first heat had been set by Liam Doran who was unable to match his performance later in the day after turbo problems his his Ford RS200. Kevin Procter shared the second row with Doran Jnr, championship leader Lawrence Gibson on the back row of the grid with Andy Grant.
The latter pair were joined on the back of the grid by Chris Langley who took a clear win in the B final ahead of Tommy Graham, the Irishman having a troubled day with his Ford Escort WRC that had engine management problems and a puncture during the heats. Simon Horton claimed third place with his Subaru Impreza, ahead of Kevin McCann's similar car and the Focus of Dutchman Jan Langenberg. The only non-finisher of the race was David Binks whose Mitsubishi Lancer suffered technical problems in the second lap.
The A final was all action. Hill and Doran were close in the first corner, but at the exit of the turn Doran took the advantage and the lead. Behind him the rest of the field jostled for position through the first couple of laps. Gibson was a casualty of the close action, catching the course markers and going off the track in the chicane. Losing half-a-lap before being able to rejoin the race, Gibson lost so much time that he would fail to qualify for the Superfinal, something that cost the round four winner the championship lead.
Procter also lost out and ended his tough duel with O'Donovan when his car spun in Chesson's Drift in the third lap. The race order settled with Doran leading comfortably and cruising towards the win. Hill struggled with steering that was damaged in the first lap and eventually fell victim to O'Donovan who found a tiny gap on the inside of the Mitsubishi driver entering the Devil's Elbow late in the race. Langley worked his way through to fourth place ahead of Liam Doran and Grant, Gibson the last finisher but more than 30 seconds behind the winner.

SuperModified
The rain showers that blew across the track in the middle of the day mixed the order quite a bit, but in the dry conditions of the first and third qualifying heats there was no beating James Bird who was fastest in each and took pole position for the A final. The class FTD also earned the Renault driver five bonus championship points.
John Collins again enjoyed a good run in his Vauxhall Tigra and was second fastest to Bird in the first and third races to qualify second while Dave Bellerby was fastest in the second heat. Bellerby was then third fastest in the third heat and completed the front row starters in his Lotus Exige. Allan Tapscott and Mike Turpin shared the second row of the grid while the last two direct qualifiers were Ben Power and Michael Boak, both of who encountered problems in the heats but managed to get their cars into the A final.
The last grid place was taken by Mike Howlin who won through from the B final where he took a clear win over Sean McAdden and Gareth Wood. Bruce Bamber and Mark Watson were non-finishers in the B final.
The A final was the most closely contested the class has seen in recent years. Bird, Bellerby and Collins disputed the lead in the first couple of laps, Collins moving ahead of Bellerby. There was nothing to chose between the three and as they raced so the rest of the pack closed in. Bellerby went ahead in the third lap but then slid wide and Collins moved ahead. Boak had climbed to third place and raced hard with Bellerby until a rear wheel fell off his Audi TT in the last lap. The order changed again at the end of the race when Bellerby slid off at Chesson's Drift and slipped back to fourth place at Bird and Power moved ahead. Turpin finished fifth ahead of Tapscott who was the last finisher as Howlin's Fiesta suffered a driveline failure at the start of the race.

Stock Hatch
Julian Godfrey completely dominated during the qualifying heats, setting fastest time in each of the three races and securing pole position for the A final. Ryan Lawford qualified second and had been second fastest to Godfrey in the first and second heats. Class champion Tony Lynch completed the grid. Fourth fastest in the first heat, Lynch's car suffered a head gasket failure and his team worked hard to change the item in time to get the car back on the grid for the third heat in which Lynch was second fastest.
Phil Chicken and Tina Scott shared the second row of the grid with their 1600/16v cars, Don MacLeod and Mike Jones the last qualifiers. The class lost teenage racer Joe Cunningham in the first heats after his Peugeot 106 rolled heavily.

The A final was pretty straight forward, Lynch leading from the start. Lawford held second place but was under great pressure from Godfrey who moved ahead and then his sights on Lynch. Over the last two laps the lead pair were very closely matched, but Lynch held out to take a narrow victory. Chicken finished fourth with Scott fifth, MacLeod a non-starter.

Superfinal
The Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship Superfinal included six Supercars and two SuperModifieds in its eight-car grid and delivered a great race. Again Hill and Doran fought over the lead in the first corner, but this time both ran wide and it was O'Donovan who took advantage, diving through to take the lead. Liam Doran joined the leading group and made it a four-way battle but was again forced out of the race when the propshaft in his RS200 failed. With O'Donovan equal to Hill's every challenge, the order appeared settled, but Hill played his master stroke in the last lap, mirroring O'Donovan's move in the earlier A final and diving to the inside at the left-handed Devil's Elbow to grab the lead. Doran immediately tried to capitalise and follow Hill through, but O'Donovan defended strongly and the two touched. This allowed Hill to draw out a small lead from where he took the event win.
Grant and Langley continued their good run in the event with fourth and fifth places, Bird the top two-wheel drive in sixth place after Collins also retired.

Bill Gwynne Rallyschool Junior Rallycross Championship
The field was very evenly matched and fastest time was taken by a different driver in each heat; Matt Thompson fastest in the opening run, Samantha Thom then going ahead in the second before Dan O'Brien topped the third heat and gained the bonus points for setting the class FTD. At the end of the heat, however, it was Thom who had delivered the best combined performance, third fastest times in the first and third heats helping her to pole. Joining Thom on the front of the grid were Conor Flynn who had been second fastest in the second and third heats, and Thompson who added third fastest time in the second heat to his first heat fastest time.
The A final needed two starts, the first developing into a great race before an accident put Jess Gwynne out and brought a premature halt to the race. The restart did not match the excitement of the first attempt, O'Brien cruising home the clear winner after Flynn retired his car in the second lap. Thom finished second while Brad Bailey earned his first podium finish in third place where he was ahead of Kelly Bird and debutant Rebecca Elliot.

BTRDA Clubmans Championship
The BTRDA Clubmans Rallycross Championship rejoined the BRC at Lydden. Attention in this, the seventh of nine events in the Clubmans series, centered on the overall championship battle between leading Stock Hatch contender Dave Martin and the top Junior, Dan O'Brien.
The latter's day could not have had a much worse start an incident in the first heat resulting in his car rolling. Fortunately for O'Brien, damage was light and his team managed to patch the car up to enable him to take part in the rest of the event. O'Brien set fastest times in the second and third heats and then won the Junior A final from pole position, Conor Flynn and Brad Bailey completing the top three finishers.
Martin, meanwhile, was second fastest in all three Stock Hatch heats, chasing Darren Clark in the first and then playing second fiddle to Richard Horton in the latter two races. Horton took pole for the A final with Martin and Clark completing the front row. While Horton continued his strong run and took the A final win with Clark second and returnee Jackie Harris moving up to third place, Martin's luck failed and he non-finished.
Gary Pusey gave his recently acquired Peugeot 206 a test outing in the SuperModified category and, but for a driveshaft problem which cost him a finish in the second qualifying heat, dominated the class. Fastest times in the first and third heats put Pusey on pole for the A final which he led throughout.

Support race: RX150 Off Road Racers
The RX150 Off Road racers made their first appearance as a supporting category in the BRC at Lydden. There were 11 of the motorcycle-engined 'buggies' in the event, the category completely dominated by young rally star Kris Meeke. Guesting in the class, Meeke set fastest time in all three qualifying heats and took a clear victory over Ollie O'Donovan in the A final where Steve Mantle finished third.